Chillingham is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Tweed local government area (postcode 2484). With a population of 228, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $55K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Chillingham is $950,000, having declined steeply by 37.7% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $662. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,430.
Chillingham is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1005, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 17 bus stops. The crime rate in the Tweed LGA is below average at 3,518 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 3.6%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($950K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 17.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -37.7% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.